She gave birth to a litter of furry babies, thus extending her life.

Chapter 249 seems to contain a trap.

Qiu Ran continued to report on the movements of the other beast cities, but there was nothing that Ruan Xiyue needed to pay attention to.

Only two things that appeared made Ruan Xiyue find interesting.

"The Second Prince often sends messages to the Spirit Fox Tribe when he is in Yake Beast City," Qiu Ran reported to Ruan Xiyue.

Ruan Xiyue frowned slightly and nodded gently.

Qiu Ran added, "The Fourth Prince also frequently writes letters to the Treasure-Seeking Rat Tribe from Donglin Beast City! The Fourth Prince's communication is more frequent than that of the Second Prince's side. Especially recently."

Ruan Xiyue said in a low voice, as if talking to herself, "So, the attitudes of the Spirit Fox Tribe and the Treasure-Seeking Rat Tribe are actually the attitudes of the two princes, is that right?"

Qiu Ran didn't dare to say a word. His current level of trust with Ruan Xiyue, as well as his strength level, were not high enough to participate in this topic!

Long Ze lay lazily on the carpet, his fingers still teasing the cub, not getting angry even when the cub bit him and left teeth marks.

He spoke in his deep voice: "The two tribes are not fools, they won't just do whatever the princes say. However, the choices of the two tribes will be influenced by the two princes to some extent."

Ruan Xiyue sneered and rested her head on Jiu Chen's lap.

Ruan Xiyue's fingers unconsciously traced the sharp lines of Jiu Chen's jawline, then moved back and forth along his Adam's apple, earlobe, and other points.

But she was thinking about what Longze had said.

"Let's see what the next two tribes think!"

What is the Spirit Fox Tribe's attitude? The elder who jumped up and cursed the other elders, telling them to die and not to take her with them, is determined to bring the orcs to Ruan Xiyue's side this time.

And she had already quickly chosen her orcs! Others thought she was going to select the best-looking male orc among her nephews and nieces, who had superior supernatural abilities.

As a result, they mostly chose strong and healthy males who were already paired! They even argued with the tribal elders that the able-bodied men should be included in the team that went to help, while the females and cubs should not be included!

"Are you planning to send them to the newly built Beast City? Is your branch planning to betray the tribe?"

"Hey, hey, hey? Don't talk nonsense! Male orcs went to help with the construction site in the beast city! How is it considered betraying the tribe if their females and cubs went with them?"

"Our branch only sent a little over a thousand orcs; the remaining thousands are still hunting peacefully in the tribe, defending against the beast tide! How did you accuse us of such a crime? What's wrong with you! Are you trying to disrupt the harmony of the tribe?"

In any case, this female elder's attitude and behavior were friendly towards the Holy Mother Ruan Xiyue, but if anyone in the tribe talked about her, she would absolutely deny it!

The Treasure-Hunting Rat Tribe, however, didn't have so many problems. Ever since the Fourth Prince learned that Ruan Xiyue was willing to take in the male members of the Treasure-Hunting Rat Tribe, he had been thinking about how to make the Treasure-Hunting Rat Tribe gain more benefits.

Only the Treasure-Hunting Rat Tribe can benefit from this, and their mothers are princes of the Treasure-Hunting Rat Tribe, so they can benefit from the Treasure-Hunting Rat Tribe!

Otherwise, if they continue to solely benefit from the Treasure-Hunting Rat Tribe without offering them any useful advice, the bond between the princes and the tribe will inevitably break down sooner or later!

Qiu Ran added, "The Red Fox Tribe and the Seventh Prince and Eighth Princess also exchange news very frequently."

"The Red Fox tribe was attacked more than a month ago, resulting in heavy casualties. One-seventh of their orcs were killed or wounded, and it seems that there are also internal divisions among them."

"Nearby tribes and wandering orcs gathered a lot of information about them, and after filtering it, they all agreed that it was the Beast King who attacked the Red Fox Tribe."

"They believed that the Red Fox Tribe had killed the cubs of the Holy Mother Xiyue. Therefore, the Beast King dispatched a mysterious guard team to assassinate a portion of the Red Fox Tribe's elite forces."

Ruan Xiyue was stunned. Was this the power of rumors?

Qiu Ran added, "There is another theory that the Red Fox tribe has been bullying the surrounding small and medium-sized tribes for many years and has seized all the resources for survival. Therefore, they were punished by the Beast God, which caused the tribe to catch fire for no reason when the beast tide came."

Ruan Xiyue was so surprised that she couldn't speak.

She pursed her lips and asked Qiu Ran, "Besides the outrageous claims, do they have any more conspiracy theories or plausible explanations?"

Qiu Ran thought for a moment and said, "The Red Fox Tribe sent a group of orcs to the Parrot Tribe to demand an explanation, saying that their tribe was attacked by orcs from the Bird Tribe."

"But the Parrot Tribe immediately sought help from the Mammoth Tribe and also sent a message to the Swift Tribe in the distance, saying that the Red Fox Tribe had been punished by the heavens and wanted to smear the Bird Tribe."

"Because the Swift Tribe and the Parrot Tribe are both avian beastmen, and they are about the same distance from the Red Fox Tribe."

Ruan Xiyue nodded: "Is there anything else going on these past few days?"

Qiu Ran took out a piece of animal skin and handed it to Ruan Xiyue: "These are some news from other tribes, but they are all about everyday matters."

Ruan Xiyue accepted the animal skin scroll and nodded: "That's good. When you go back to the Raccoon Tribe in the spring, go to Qianxue Beast City and see if any flying beastmen are willing to come, or you can buy some flying beastmen slaves."

Qiu Ran nodded: "Then I'll come find the Holy Mother before I set off."

Ruan Xiyue waved her hand, and Qiu Ran left.

Ruan Xiyue looked at the messages on the animal skin scroll. Sure enough, they were all about which tribe's chieftain's son wanted to take over, or which tribe's elders had quarreled with the chieftain over some matter. These were all trivial family matters.

Not long after, Li Miao also came to Ruan Xiyue's house.

Ruan Xiyue raised her eyebrows slightly, because she expected Qi Heng to come first, so why did Li Miao come first?

As expected, Lu Qixin came with Li Miao.

This time, Lu Qixin knelt down on one knee and performed a grand ceremony for Ruan Xiyue.

Ruan Xiyue quickly stepped forward to help Lu Qixin up: "Uncle Lu, why are you being so polite!"

Lu Qixin hurriedly took things out of the storage bag, saying as he did so, "We don't know when the Holy Mother Xiyue will marry our Amu. We still hope that the bond mark can be engraved as soon as possible."

However, Lu Qixin politely added, "If the Holy Female is not satisfied, our tribe can send a batch of other young, strong, and vigorous single males when spring arrives!"

Ruan Xiyue frowned slightly, her small head filled with a big question mark.

Lu Qixin kept babbling, "We know that Xi Yue Saintess has plenty of these twenty bolts of linen, so this is just a betrothal gift. And these beast cores aren't particularly valuable either; red-tier beast cores only cost five thousand. It's mainly because our Treasure-Hunting Rat Tribe isn't very wealthy."

"However, 10,000 gray-tier beast cores, 30,000 orange-tier beast cores, and 50,000 yellow-tier beast cores are just a small token of our Treasure-Hunting Rat Tribe's appreciation!"

Ruan Xiyue took a few steps back when she saw such a large pile of gifts.

This is much more valuable than the gift Xia Weier presented at the flower show when he and Ruan Xiyue got married!

Ruan Xiyue was puzzled; what was the other party trying to do?